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Students as Researchers: rationale and critique
Author(s) -
Atweh Bill,
Burton Leone
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192950210502
Subject(s) - equity (law) , pedagogy , affect (linguistics) , sociology , gender equity , style (visual arts) , educational research , higher education , psychology , public relations , mathematics education , political science , social science , communication , archaeology , law , history
The paper explores the background and implementation of a project in which school students researched the factors which affect the decision to remain at school or leave at 16. The two major concerns of the project were equity and access to higher education. It was the result of a collaboration between researchers from the University of Birmingham, school teachers and school students. A critique is offered of the method of students as researchers focusing upon five main issues, organisation, time, equity, research style and clashing cultures.